JUDGMENT :

SUVRA GHOSH, J.

1. The prayers of the petitioner, inter-alia, are as hereunder:

(a) A writ in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents to determine and pay compensation in question to the petitioner in respect of the said land upon initiating a fresh proceeding in terms of the relevant provisions of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Act 30 of 2013) forthwith.

(b) A writ in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents to pay compensation in question on account of damages and/or occupational charges from 1st April, 1997 till the date of initiation of a fresh proceeding in terms of the relevant provisions of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, (Act 30 of 2013).

2. Facts which are admitted are enumerated herein-below:

Land of the petitioner measuring about 0.10 acres in R.S. plot no. 818 corresponding to L.R. plot no. 871 in mouza - Chachanda, J.L. No. 82, Police Station - Samsherganj, District - Murshidabad was requisitioned for construction of Farakka Barrage Project from Basudevpur to Ratanpur Part V, under secti